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General Provisions - 7 whether or not such records are in the possession or control of the City or Service Provider. Service Provider shall cooperate with the City so that the City may comply with all of its obligations under the Act. Within ten (10) days after receipt of notice from the City, Service Provider shall deliver to the City copies of all records relating to this Agreement or relating to the Work that the City determines qualify as the City’s public records under the Act. If the City receives a public records request relating to this Agreement or relating to the Work, the City shall seek to provide notice to Service Provider at least ten (10) days before the City releases records pursuant to such public records request, but in no event will the City have any liability to Service Provider for any failure of the City to provide such notice. In addition to its other indemnification and defense obligations under this Agreement, Service Provider shall indemnify and defend the City from and against any and all losses, penalties, fines, claims, demands, expenses (including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees and litigation expenses), suits, judgments, or damage arising from or relating to any failure of Service Provider to comply with this Section. 20. Compliance with Grant/Loan Terms and Conditions. Service Provider shall comply with any and all terms, conditions, terms and requirements of any federal, state or other agency grant or loan that wholly or partially funds Service Provider’s work hereunder. If the grant or loan requires that the agency be a third party beneficiary to this Agreement, then the agency is a third party beneficiary to this Agreement. 21. Equal Employment Opportunity. Service Provider shall not discriminate against any employee, applicant for employment, or other person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital state, or national origin or other circumstance prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law or ordinance. Service Provider shall comply with and shall not violate any applicable provisions of Chapter 49.60 RCW, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and all applicable federal, state, or local law or ordinance regarding non-discrimination. 22. Waiver. Any waiver by Service Provider or the City or the breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party will not operate, or be construed, as a waiver of any subsequent breach by either party or prevent either party from thereafter enforcing any such provisions. 23. Complete Agreement. This Agreement contains the complete and integrated understanding and agreement between the parties and supersedes any understanding, agreement or negotiation whether oral or written not set forth herein. 24. Modification of Agreement. This Agreement may only be modified as provided in Section 8, or by a writing explicitly identified as a modification or amendment of this Agreement that is signed by authorized representatives of the City and Service Provider. 25. Severability. If any part of this Agreement is found to be in conflict with applicable laws, such part shall be inoperative, null and void, insofar as it is in conflict with said laws, and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 26. Notices. A. Notices to the City shall be sent to the City Project Manager address in the Basic Provisions. B. Notices to Service Provider shall be sent to its address in the Basic Provisions. 27. Venue. Venue for any lawsuit arising out of this Agreement shall be in the Superior Court of Snohomish County, Washington. 28. Governing Law. The laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws, govern all matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement. 29. City Marks. Service Provider will not use any trade name, trademark, service mark, or logo of the City (or any name, mark, or logo confusingly similar thereto) in any advertising, promotions, or otherwise, without the City's express prior written consent.
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